MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
3 DAYS 2 NIGHT
DAY 1.
MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK.
Early pick up from your hotel at 06:00 am to the airport for Mikumi National Park which is one of the southern national parks in Tanzania. Departure is at 07:00am. The first 2 days, you will do full day game drive to various places of the park and the last day you will do a morning game drive and a tour to the Maasai boma before departure back to Zanzibar. The parks open horizons and abundant wildlife draws frequent comparisons to the more famous Serengeti Plains. The park borders the Nyerere national park to the south and the two areas form a unique ecosystem. The chance that you will encounter lions climbing trees here is greater than in other parks.
The park has a great variety of animals and most visitors come to this Park aiming to spot the ‘Big Five’ – cheetah, lion, elephant, buffalo and rhino. It’s a great place for a Tanzania vacation, you will definitely enjoy it. Hippos live in a pair of mud pools and are one of the highlights. These are situated 5 km north of the main entrance gate. They are supported by an ever-changing cast of water-birds. The Mkata Food plain is a wide area in the Park that is very good for wildlife viewing. Lions survey their grassy kingdom while the zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo herds migrate across it. Giraffes forage in the isolated acacia stands that fringe the Mkata River, islets of shade favored also by Mikumi’s elephants. Mkata Foodplain is perhaps the most reliable place in Tanzania for sightings of the powerful eland, the world’s largest antelope. The equally impressive greater kudu and sable antelope haunt the miombo-covered foothills of the mountains that rise from Park’s borders.
The park is a good place for bird lovers as it is also home to more than 400 different species of birds. The Mkata River offers majestic views of fishing Open-billed Storks. Marabou stork, Red-billed woodpeckers, Black-bellied bustard, Francolin, Cattle egret, Guinea-fowls, Hornbill and Malachite Kingfisher are common birds in Mikumi National Park. The most colorful species are the Yellow-throated long claw, the Lilac-breasted roller and the Bateleur eagle other European migrants birds are common in the Park during the rainy season.
NB: Sleep over will be at the Mikumi resort lodge.
INCLUSIVES.
- Food & water
- Game drive
- Park fees
- Accommodation
EXCLUSIVES
- Round trip Charter flight